Vice Principal

Charles Darwin Primary School, Norwich, Norfolk, NR1 1DJ

2 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2023

• Closing date

  24 March 2023 at 9am

• Date listed

  7 March 2023

Job details

• Job role:
  • Headteacher, deputy or assistant headteacher
• Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern:
  • Full time - Full Time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: Leadership Scale 7-10 (£51,470 - £55,359 per annum)

What skills and experience we're looking for

• First degree, 2:1 or equivalent

• QTS

• Postgraduate qualification or working towards

• Completion of a NPQSL or equivalent

• A proven leader and educational strategist, passionate about teaching and learning

• Exceptional classroom practitioner

• Respectful towards all students, with an unshakable belief in their entitlement to the highest equality education and ability to achieve whatever their personal circumstances

• Committed to raising standards of teaching and learning through innovative and collaborative practice

• Successful experience as a teacher and manager in education in a primary school

• Successful involvement in performance management, self-evaluation process and data analysis as an aid in personal and team improvement, development and change

• Successful working relationships with students, staff, parents/carers and the wider community

• Successful experience in leading and managing pedagogic changes at a team, and preferably whole school level

• Proven practice in leading, motivating and supporting staff to achieve high standards

• Direct and successful experience of Ofsted inspection

• Evidence of effective design and implementation of initiatives for raising pupil attainment and improving the quality of teaching and learning strategies

• Leading successfully across KS1 and EYFS.

• Able to lead, motivate and develop people of all ages to work individually and in teams towards a common goal

• Able to analyse and use data to establish benchmarks and set challenging targets for improvement

• Able to make decisions, identify and solve problems based on thorough analysis and sound judgement

• Excellent interpersonal, written and oral communication and presentation skills

• Strong organisational skills and ability to work well under pressure, delegate, plan and manage time effectively

• Personal resilience and the ability to maintain staff morale at times of pressure and change

• Able to evidence a commitment to on-going personal and professional development

• Present a highly professional and positive role model in carrying out duties and when representing the school.

What the school offers its staff

Charles Darwin Primary is a thriving, oversubscribed free school in the heart of Norwich city centre. We offer an innovative knowledge rich curriculum that encourages children to thrive, with a strong academic approach paired with a rich range of culture and sport. Part of the Inspiration Trust family of schools, we have close links with the successful Jane Austen College and Sir Isaac Newton Sixth Form.

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About Charles Darwin Primary School

• School type: Free School, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 362 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Charles Darwin Primary School website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: recruitment@inspirationtrust.org
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/charles-darwin-primary-school (opens in new tab)

Charles Darwin Primary and Nursery is a thriving free-to-attend school in the heart of Norwich city centre. We offer an innovative curriculum that encourages children to thrive, with a strongly academic approach paired with a rich range of culture and sport. Part of the Inspiration Trust family of schools, we have close links with the successful Jane Austen College and Sir Isaac Newton Sixth Form.

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